Welcome to the July thread!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, maybe an extended weekend due to the Holiday.

Let's keep losing, this is our 4th mouth out since banding!

A new grandson! Congratulations momlambert. Kinda makes me weepy. I have a 10 yr old and my "baby" is 5. Sometimes when I see an infant I do get the baby blues for another. But then reality sets in, getting too old, husband was fixed, and I realize things are just great with the two I have.

I'm officially very dissappointed with myself.

I cannot stop eating!

I'm going to ask for a fill on Monday. My weight has been crazy since my last appointment in June. Lost 2 lbs....gain 1 lb..gain .5...lose 2 lbs...and on and on! As of today I have gained 2.5 lbs since June 4th.

I guess I'm ashamed to see the Dr. The money and time I've spent on this LB and I feel as if I've already failed.

Yes, I'm down 30 lbs total and 3 pants sizes but I don't feel like I have my eating under control. And I still have 35 to go.

Today I'm going to following the 10 band rules and get my head screwed on straight!

Hey Mary!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plateaus are a crazy thing---and this same thing happened to me for about 4 weeks---up 2 down 3 on and on!

You will get off the plateau and you will once again start losing!!!!

You go GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:clap2:

Denise :ranger: (this is me right now!)

Okay, okay.....I'll get my big a$$ in gear! I've been tracking my food and activities on fitday and boy have I been packing in the calories.

A bite here and a bite there adds up I have not, however, eaten over 2000 per day and I wanna keep it that way.

So far today.....267 calories & 25 protein.

Gonna be good at lunch!

Thanks for the support gals!

A new grandson! Congratulations momlambert. Kinda makes me weepy. I have a 10 yr old and my "baby" is 5. Sometimes when I see an infant I do get the baby blues for another. But then reality sets in, getting too old, husband was fixed, and I realize things are just great with the two I have.

I'm officially very dissappointed with myself.

I cannot stop eating!

I'm going to ask for a fill on Monday. My weight has been crazy since my last appointment in June. Lost 2 lbs....gain 1 lb..gain .5...lose 2 lbs...and on and on! As of today I have gained 2.5 lbs since June 4th.

I guess I'm ashamed to see the Dr. The money and time I've spent on this LB and I feel as if I've already failed.

Yes, I'm down 30 lbs total and 3 pants sizes but I don't feel like I have my eating under control. And I still have 35 to go.

Today I'm going to following the 10 band rules and get my head screwed on straight!

Mary-

You have got to be so frustrated! Don't worry about time and money and don't be ashamed. The investment into your future health is worth every penny, every minute.

Like a stock investment, you might be on a downturn, but stick it out and it will go up again and you'll see results.

I've seen before where you say snacking is what gets you. I'm a huge snacker too. What I did to try to curb it was plan my day on a piece of paper. Like breakfast at 8, snack at 10, lunch at 11:30, snack at 2, dinner at 5:30, snack at 7.

I don't write down what I am going to eat, but at 9 when I want to snack it helps me to think I just ate an hour ago and I only need to hold out for another hour. I does cause me to go, I shouldn't be hungry. I'm not hungry. Drink some tea or water.

HTH- and go to that Doctor and share your struggles with him, don't be embarassed. He is there to help you, not judge.

Hey people,

Looks like LBT people are meeting in Vegas the first weekend in February next year!

I'm planning on going! I'd love to meet some of you guys in the flesh. Check out the thread on the main board!

Hey Juli,

I am up for it! I thought you were going to be studying! Naughty Girl!

Hey Juli,

I am up for it! I thought you were going to be studying! Naughty Girl!

I multi task well.

You going to Vegas would be uber cool!!! I would so love to meet YOU!

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Hey Juli,

Thank goodness liquor goes down easy!!!! Ha Ha!

Why am I not surprised that you're a lush?

Really I hate that drinking is still so easy to do. Give me a drink and I start looking for sugar. All of my HORRIBLE days since being banded combined the two!

A new grandson! Congratulations momlambert. Kinda makes me weepy. I have a 10 yr old and my "baby" is 5. Sometimes when I see an infant I do get the baby blues for another. But then reality sets in, getting too old, husband was fixed, and I realize things are just great with the two I have.

I'm officially very dissappointed with myself.

I cannot stop eating!

I'm going to ask for a fill on Monday. My weight has been crazy since my last appointment in June. Lost 2 lbs....gain 1 lb..gain .5...lose 2 lbs...and on and on! As of today I have gained 2.5 lbs since June 4th.

I guess I'm ashamed to see the Dr. The money and time I've spent on this LB and I feel as if I've already failed.

Yes, I'm down 30 lbs total and 3 pants sizes but I don't feel like I have my eating under control. And I still have 35 to go.

Today I'm going to following the 10 band rules and get my head screwed on straight!

What are the 10 band rules?

Please tell me I'm feeling terrible about my behavior lately.

nurseamy...you look FAB-U-lous

i just remembered why i stopped posting on this thread (marchies) back in april/may....i feel like i'm talking to myself.

it would be nice if people responded to posts. to be honest...the april surgery people have a model thread of everyone interacting with each other....

anyway just thought i'd put this out there because i used to eat over this stuff....

but no more

You're post really touched me. Thank you for saying that.

I know that very often I just read and don't post.

I also sometimes don't check in for days and by the time I read from the last time I have so many things to say I can't remember who I wanted to reply to.

I'll try to be better.

Remind me not to eat peanut butter and crackers. By band didn't like them. I have a growing list of things the band doesn't like. Bread, muffins, chicken, and peanut butter and crackers. Of course all the bad things still go down really good.

Hope everyone has a good Friday. Be strong and Be faithful to the band

Carol

I don't know the band rules...sorry I may be a teacher...but I am not a rule follower! I SUCH A REBEL HE HE!

I don't know all ten of them, but I know they include not eating and drinking at the same time, not drinking 30 minutes prior to a meal or 30 minutes after a meal, eating only solid foods, chewing thoroughly, no high calorie liquids, etc...

carol1951, did you eat a lot of pb on the crackers or did you spread it thin? I noticed that when I globbed it on (I know I shouldn't do that) I had a harder time with it then when I just spreaded it on thinly...

Good Morning Everyone!

It's Friday! Woo-Hoo! I did really good yesterday. I recorded everything I put in my mouth on fitday and came to 1320 calories. I even recorded my 1 bite of peanut butter cookie I had after I gave blood.

My kids will be camping with grandparents from Sat until Thurs night....I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself! Lots of exercising I hope.... (I'm hoping to get a lot of "exercising" from DH since the kids will be gone!) wink wink

And getting ready for my garage sale on the 20th. I have soooo many clothes to sell. Wish I had time I'd list them on e-bay, but that is time consuming. Come on over!....I've got size 16-18-1x! Just kidding, I don't think anyone wants to travel to Northern MI.

NIKKI............Here are the 10 LB rules I was talking about yesterday:

10 Important Rules:

1. Eat only 3 small meals a day.

2. Eat slowly and chew thoroughly (approximately 15-20 times a bite)

3. Stop eating as soon as you feel full.

4. Do not drink while you are eating.

5. Do not eat between meals.

6. Eat only good quality food.

7. Avoid fibrous foods.

8. Drink enough fluids during the day.

9. Drink only low-calorie liquids.

10. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day.

I don't know about you, but if I followed all these rules since March I probably would have been at goal a week ago! Some of them seem a little impossible in my opinion.

gotta run for now!